Walk safely, hold adult's hand when crossing the street.

Meaning: This means to move along a road or street in a way that keeps you safe from danger or harm. It's important to hold an adult's hand when crossing the street so that you don't get hurt.

Choice of Words: Walk is a verb that means to move by putting one foot in front of the other. Safely means to avoid danger or harm. Hold means to keep something in your hand or arms. Adult is a person who is fully grown and has reached legal age. Hand is the part of the body at the end of the arm that has fingers and a thumb. Crossing means to move from one side of a road or street to the other. Street is a paved road in a city or town.

Alternative Expressions

Walk safely, hold adult's hand when crossing the street.

Meaning: This is a safety instruction for children. It means to be careful when walking, and to hold the hand of an adult when crossing the street to avoid getting hurt.

Choice of Words: Walk means to move from one place to another on foot, safely means without danger or harm, hold means to grasp and keep something in your hand, adult's means a person who is over 18 years old, and crossing means going from one side of a street to the other. When you put them together, it means to move from one place to another on foot without danger or harm, and to hold the hand of an adult when going from one side of a street to the other.

Tread cautiously, grasp the hand of an elder when traversing the thoroughfare.

Meaning: This is a more formal way of saying the same thing as the first sentence. It is still a safety instruction for children, but it uses more formal language.

Choice of Words: Tread is a formal way of saying walk, cautiously means to be careful, grasp means to hold something tightly, elder means an adult who is older than you, and thoroughfare is a formal way of saying street. When you put them together, it means to move from one place to another on foot with care, and to hold the hand of an adult who is older than you when going from one side of a street to the other.

Stroll with care, clutch the palm of a grown-up as you cross the road.

Meaning: This is a more informal way of saying the same thing as the first two sentences. It is still a safety instruction for children, but it uses more informal language.

Choice of Words: Stroll means to walk in a relaxed and leisurely way, with care means to be careful, clutch means to hold something tightly, palm means the inside of your hand, grown-up means an adult, and road is another word for street. When you put them together, it means to move from one place to another on foot in a relaxed and leisurely way, and to hold the hand of an adult tightly when going from one side of a street to the other.

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